Note that you work for qz.com which kinda discredits you when asking for another site to be deleted.
Ad Hominem attacks aren't cool.
True, but I wasn't trying to attack him. I was surprised that someone would ask that a thread be deleted that vehemently so I got curious about his background. When someone is in a competing position, s/he has to respect other people's expectations about them.
Can someone with appropriate privileges just kill this one off please?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6444566